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Corona Devo 3104

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A four hour drive through three major cities, spanning the rush hours and winds sustaining 85 MPH? Worth it. He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.  ~Psalm 135:7 ~~~ A half-mile brisk-walk in dress shoes while dodging puddles in the rain? Light work. for  in Him we live and move and have our being,  as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’  ~Acts 17:28 ~~ Standing outside in the dark in below freezing temperatures while snow and sleet spit from the sky? Magical. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. ( 10) As the rain and the snow c ome down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, ( 11) so is my word that goes out from my mouth: I t will not ...
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Corona Devo 3103

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  We should speak up(!) if we see something wrong!  We've always been taught this, haven't we?  And this adage still rings true in current safety campaigns for our government, our schools, restaurants, bars and other public places.   If you see something, say something... right? Well--in most cases, yes.  But our Lord leads us in a different (silent) direction in some cases and especially as we approach His second coming. The world (and the non-believers that it is filled with) will continue to become more and more wicked, and  God forewarns us that in some circumstances  those who are smart will  keep their mouths shut,  for it is an evil time ( Amos 5:13) . Really?   Because I thought, and in some Bible verses we are taught that s in should make our blood-boil.  And how can the wayward find God's way  without us speaking up and out and sharing it? Yes, yes, and agreed...but God warns us today that as people regress in mo...
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Corona Devo 3102

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Sometimes, what feels like an affront to us can be part of God's good plan in the long run. Have you heard of the term "photobombing"? It describes someone who (purposely) inserts themself into (someone else's) picture/photo without consent. If someone dives into the foreground, or hops into the background of our picture...we've been photobombed! Along these (photobombing) lines, a few weeks ago at school, it was club picture day, meaning that at certain times of the day, each high school group would gather for group pictures of their club (i.e. Spanish Club, Drama Club, Fellowship of Christian Students). Apparently it was decided that the "cool" (student) thing to do would be to photobomb club pictures. A repeating group of students showed up for many club-pictures of clubs that they had never attended, but that they would now be memorialized in the yearbook photos for. They photobombed(!), and our Christian student group and many other clubs took th...
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Corona Devo 3101

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Dove on a housetop.  It just sounds calming doesn't it?  Like it could be the soft name of a vanilla paint hue, or the latest titled scent offered at Bath and Body Works: Dove on a Housetop. But what if an actual  dove on a housetop was what greeted us this morning as we sipped our coffee and peered into the pages of our Bible?   It is what looked at me as I looked up from my morning coffee cup and verses.  A dove on a housetop is exactly what I saw.   The Lord sends us a  dove on a housetop  today.                                           He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. (11) When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. (12) He waited seven more days and sent ...
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